Obituaries
Curtis Leroy Jacobson
Jun 13, 2012
Curtis LeRoy Jacobson, the son of Walter Lawrence and Emily Ethel (Nelson) Jacobson, was born on April 26, 1924 in Palmer, IA. He was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at the Palmer Methodist Church. He resided in the Palmer area until 1939, when his family moved to a farm in the Marathon-Rembrandt area. He completed his education in...
Pauline Eva Kaus
Jun 11, 2012
Pauline Eva Kaus, the daughter of Henry and Lulu (Sebastian) Kaus, was born September 22, 1913 in Clay County, Iowa. She attended Clay County Rural School and later graduated from Spencer High School. Pauline attended Morningside College in Sioux City, where she received her degree in Elementary Education. She also continued her education at the University of Northern Iowa, Colorado...
Michael M. Rohan
Jun 10, 2012
Michael M. Rohan, 6, died Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Sanford Childrens Hospital, Sioux Falls. He was born December 26, 2005 in Spencer, IA to Kevin and Susan (Johnson) Rohan. His family moved to Brookings, SD and returned to Spencer in December 2007. Michael attended Johnson Elementary where he had just completed kindergarten. He liked playing ball, soccer, riding his...
Thomas Robert Rebec
Jun 10, 2012
Thomas R. Rebec was born February 3, 1926 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Rufus and Helen (Zivney) Rebec. His childhood years were spent in Cedar Rapids where he hunted the woods and fished the river. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1944 and from Coe College in 1948. He was a veteran of World War II serving with...
Evelyn Clarken
Jun 7, 2012
Evelyn Lucille Clarken, the daughter of Ernest Lynn and Hazel Chrystal Pulley Brown, was born October 22, 1921 in Palmer, Iowa. She attended country school in Gilmore City, then on to Fonda and ending up in junior high in Fort Dodge, Iowa where she graduated in 1940. She was united in marriage to Delmar LeRoy Clarken on May 4, 1940...
Katherine Jo Collins
Jun 7, 2012
Katherine Jo Collins, the daughter of James and Marilyn (Lough) Trunnell, was born on January 10, 1949, in Estherville, IA. She was raised in the northwest Iowa area graduating from Milford High School. After high school she attended Morningside College and then later attended ILCC, where she received a degree in Paralegal and a minor in Criminal Justice. Katherine met...
Lincoln Lee Brooks
Jun 3, 2012
Lincoln Lee Brooks, the son of William and Clara LaFlame Brooks was born June 1, 1921, in North Troy, VT. His childhood years were spent in the North Troy area where he attended school. He married Katherine Vincent on June 19, 1940, in North Troy. Lincoln enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941 during WWII. He served until his honorable...
Clarence Goedicke
Jun 1, 2012
SERVICES Graveside Memorial Services will be 10:30A.M., Thursday, August 9, 2012, at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. OFFICIATING Pastor Travis Stevick CASKET BEARERS VISITATION MUSIC INTERMENT Riverside Cemetery Spencer, Iowa
Paul Strautz
May 30, 2012
Paul Edward Strautz, the son of Fred and Bertha (Hoar), was born on August 18, 1920, in Onawa, IA. He spent his childhood on a farm southeast of Onawa. He attended the Onawa Public Schools and graduated in 1938. After graduation, he attended Iowa State College studying Engineering and then attended and graduated from the Colorado School of Banking. On...
Ivan Randolph Eninger
May 30, 2012
Ivan Randolph Eninger, the son of Paul and Opal (Amick) Eninger, was born May 10, 1929 in Spencer, Iowa. His childhood was spent on the Royal road six miles south of Spencer, where he received his education at a country school near their farm and in Sioux Township, later graduating from Spencer High School. Following his schooling, he entered the...
Ellen Viola Meyer
May 29, 2012
Ellen Viola Brandt Meyer, daughter of Karin Larsdotter and Wilhelm Nilsson Brandt, was born March 1, 1919 in Cherokee, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent on a farm in the Cherokee area. Ellen married Elvie John Meyer on December 24, 1939 in Dakota City, Nebraska. Throughout their marriage they lived in the Holstein and Royal, Iowa communities where she was...
Wanda Lee Birchard
May 26, 2012
Wanda Lee Birchard, the daughter of Catherine and Harry (Terry) Regennitter was born on December 26, 1935 in Spencer, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Spencer, where she graduated from Spencer High School. Wanda married her high school sweet heart, Marvin Heikens in Spencer, on December 31, 1953. To this union a daughter, Debora Kay Heikens was born. Wanda...
Robert Lee (Bob) Blum
May 25, 2012
Robert Lee (Bob) Blum was born June 3, 1926. His parents were Minor O. Blum and Bertha (Ryon) Blum. Bob attended Terril School, graduating in 1943. He attended Iowa State University, and then spent several years fitting sale cattle for purebred shorthorn breeders in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa. In 1950, he took a small herd of show...
Paula Rae Uecker
May 20, 2012
Paula Rae Uecker, the daughter of Al and Marlly (DeHaan) Gerritsen, was born November 9, 1953 in Orange City, IA. Paula grew up in Spencer, where she graduated from Spencer High School. Following high school, she worked at Spencer Foods, and was also a member of Hope Reformed Church. In October of 1980, Paula married Tim Uecker. Through that union,...
Darrell Norman Beving
May 19, 2012
Darrell Norman Beving, the son of Joe and Pearl (Shatto) Beving, was born September 4, 1927 in Fostoria, IA. Most of his life was spent in the Langdon/Fostoria/Dickens area, where he received his early education, graduating from Lake Center High School. Following high school, he attended a college in Eau Claire, WI for a short time before entering the military....
Lavonne 'Bonnie' Biekert
May 18, 2012
LaVonne "Bonnie" Lee Biekert, the daughter of Lloyd and Edith (Thompson) Gates, was born March 29, 1934 in Worthington, MN. Her childhood years were spent in Worthington, where she received her education, graduating from Worthington High School in 1952. LaVonne married Eldon James Biekert on September 1, 1956 in Worthington, MN. Following their marriage, they moved to Everly, where they...
Treva Rae Johnson
May 18, 2012
Treva Rae Johnson, the daughter of Roy and Elsie (Kischer) Johnson, was born February 10, 1941 in Ruthven, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Albert City, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Albert City High School. Following high school, she attended at business school in Mankato, MN. She married Robert W. Johnson in November of 1958 in...
Shirley Mae Steuben
May 16, 2012
Shirley Mae Steuben was born November 1, 1929, in Everly, IA. She was raised there by her mother, Kathryn (Schoelerman) Schoenewe and graduated from Everly High School in 1947. After her schooling, she worked for a time as a waitress. Shirley married Gene Steuben on June 6, 1948, in Everly, IA. They lived in Everly for four years, before moving...
Donald Ray Wolford
May 14, 2012
Donald Ray Wolford, the son of Charles Edward and Ruth Evelyn (Tatro) Wolford, was born July 8, 1937 in Newell, Iowa. His early childhood years were spent in Newell, where he started his education. His family later moved to Spencer, Iowa, where he completed his education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1956. After high school, he began working for...
Sandra Lou Barrett
May 12, 2012
Sandra Lou Barrett, the daughter of Raymond and Esther Armstrong Spiess, was born October 14, 1942 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She was raised in Knoke, Iowa and received her education in Pomeroy, Iowa. Sandie married Patrick J. Barrett on August 5, 1961 in Fonda, Iowa. Following their marriage they lived in the communities of Fonda, Emmetsburg and Spencer. While living...



